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DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
The thrust
of this research paper is to properly ascertain the true perspective of the
State Government’s tax regime on business prospect development by investors or
entrepreneurs in Calabar, Cross River State Nigeria. The avowed objective is to ascertain how well
the tax policy is favourable or otherwise to business developers in the
State. It borders on evaluating the
economics environment and relating it directly to the tax policy regime in the
research area. Literature review was
carried out to explore the general view of issues pertaining to the topic under
consideration. The research adopted the de facto descriptive survey design
aimed at collecting data from 300 purposively sampled respondents in the
research area using a well-structured questionnaire. The data collected was
then analysed using the Chi–square statistical technique at 0.05 level of
significance. The result revealed the values of x2calulated =
287.792, x2tabulated = 40.1133, at (r-1) * (c-1) = (4-1)
* (10-1) = 27 Degree of Freedom (DF). Since x2calulated (287.792)
is greater than x2tabulated (40.1133), we rejected the
null hypothesis Ho in favour of the alternative hypothesis H1, which implied
that there is significant impact of the State Government taxation regime on
business prospect development and the State Government tax regime is not
friendly or progressive. The research paper recommends that the State
Government as a matter of expediency should undertake a pragmatic review of its
tax regime towards enhancing a conducive economic environment as well as the
sustainability of urban lives in the State and at the same times creating a
workable synergy between them and the Government.
Country : Nigeria
IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 6, June 2023 pp. 71-76